Cygnus

The OA-9 (S.S. J.R. Thompson) Cygnus has arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday morning. During the approach, Cygnus became the first craft to use the new Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles (C2V2) radio – which will be instrumental for the upcoming commercial crew vehicles. During its stay at ISS, Cygnus will hopefully perform a Station orbit raising test – making Cygnus the first American craft to reboost the Station since the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet seven years ago.